Kyle Larson a Show at Volunteer, Kahne Misses WoO Show at 81

With NASCAR racing on the Bristol Dirt Track on Easter Sunday (April 9), a number of Cup Series regulars took to actual dirt tracks as well over the last week.

Chase Briscoe

The Cup Series regular raced a super late model in the Kyle Larson Late Model Challenge at the Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn. Thursday night (April 6) and had a rough go of it. Contact with the wall during qualifying saw Briscoe miss both his heat race and B-main, necessitating the event to issue him a promoter’s provisional to start the feature, where he finished 18th.

Race fans would find out later in the weekend at Bristol that Briscoe in fact broke a finger on his left hand in the incident and had to drive NASCAR double duty with a dressing on his hand.

Kyle Busch

The Cup Series regular also ran a super late model at Volunteer on Thursday and had to rely on a promoter’s provisional to make the show; Busch actually turned laps in both his heat race and B-main however, with Larson even noting post-race that Busch was visibly improving behind the wheel over the course of the night.

The bigger story relating to Busch came days later courtesy of Flo Racing, with car “owner” Brandon Overton noting he stands ready to put Rowdy back in a late model whenever his schedule allows in 2023.